Alhaji Grusah arrested

He was granted bail later in the day and asked to report to the police on Monday.

According to DSP Freeman Tettey of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Greater Accra Regional Police Command, Alhaji Grusah was billed to travel from Accra to Kumasi on the Antrak Air.

Just before he boarded the plane, he was advised by a flight attendant of Antrak Air to switch off  his phone but he allegedly ignored the instructions.

For the second time, the attendant told the Alhaji Grusah, who was still speaking on phone, to switch off the device but he refused and before the attendant could say jack, Alhaji Grusah allegedly punched the attendant’s face.

Afterwards, Alhaji Grusah went into the aircraft to take his seat but the attendant (whose name is being withheld by the police for technical reasons) called the security personnel to advise the founder of King Faisal to switch off the phone.

After he had been forced out of the plane, which had delayed its take-off for 15 minutes because of the stand-off, Alhaji Grusah immediately managed to locate the flight attendant and punched his face again.

Alhaji Grusah was quickly arrested and taken to the Airport Police Station for investigation.

He was charged with assault and battery and has been given police inquiry bail to report at the station today (Monday) at 2:00 p.m., to enable the police to continue with their investigations.